Local and Global Blended Learning

http://bit.ly/glblendAnne Mirtschin @murcha

• Description: Hawkesdale P12 College is a small, rural school, where innovative teachers have reached out to connect, communicate, collaborate and learn collectively, both locally and across the globe. Anne Mirtschin will discuss the importance and benefits of global connections and some of the tools used for synchronous and asynchronous learning. Stories will be shared to outline the learning that takes place, the challenges confronted, where to find learning partners and global projects. Tips and resources to support blended learning will be shared with participants.

About Me!

http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au

Our new Australian Curriculum

Impact?

Learning is NOW!

24/7New skills -digital, social, global, networking etc

BYOD

Flipped Classrooms

messy

Benefits of Learning Online

• curriculum access and delivery eg languages, specialist subjects eg accounting, specialist maths, physics, chemistry etc

• Strengthen communication and curriculum delivery links within regions, rural locations and cluster schools

• Virtual professional learning • continuity and planning of curriculum provision• Bring in outside experts into classrooms virtually

Virtual linkup with Sydney

Sharing learning between schools

High definition videoconferencing with students from another school

Virtual Tour of another year 4 classroom

Demonstrating write on tables through polycom webcam

Education Week – Year 6 Ocean Grove share Cultural Garb with Hawkesdale years 3/4

How we looked from Ocean Grove’s point of view

Sharing Anzac Stories with Lismore PS

Mark Wilson - artist

Polycom equipment, interactive whiteboard and document camera

The artist’s sketch using elctroboard/document camera/polycom for Year 5/6

Student Outcomes

Virtual Drama Through Literacy!

Hands on Literacy through Pottery

Ms Delightful (Sydney) teaches Year 4/5, Hawkesdale, Australia

2013 Election Youth Forum – students across Australia question Canberra politicians using Polycom Fri May 31st

Ghungalin College, CanberraHost School

How it looked - #gcf2013!

http://global2.vic.edu.au/2013/04/12/deforestaction-2013-polycom-event/

Global in Blended Learning

Terry Baynton – NZ illustrator/author

Replicating the f2f teacher

Learning through polycom

Student engagement

Time to sketch!

Student Outcomes

Subsidiary Tools/Accessories

• Backchannel for backup support if technical difficulties eg MS Lync, skype chat etc

• Twitter as backchannel in actual session

• Electroboard

• Documentary Cameras

Backchannels

•Twitter•Skype•Backchannel chat•Email alerts•MS Lync

http://projects.twice.cc/

http://bit.ly/M5GP36

https://edugate.eduweb.vic.gov.au/virtualconf

Cyber Safety

http://www.guidetoinnovation.ning.com

Zoo Victoria

Learning with members from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The virtual classroom!The virtual classroom!

Using BlackBoard Collaborate - Every student has a voice!

Virtual classrooms can be recorded for those who are ill etc

The Bats• Cara hawk: his wing looks like it's going to brake• 4B DGPS: what age do the bats learn to fly?• Billy-Jo Hawk: Did it try to escape from you?• Grade 2/3 Woodford: How many teeth do bats have?• Trevo hawk: what happen to it eye• Cara hawk: how easy is it to brake a bats wing• smithy: arent they posisoness• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What do bats feel like?• jasmine .j: do they hurt• scottinea: are the bats dead or did u catch them alive?• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What do bats eat?• 4B DGPS: are they really blind?• Billy-Jo Hawk: Is there black bats, like full black?• Moderator (Miss Iro, Mrs Gow and year 6/7): do bats carry any diseases• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What sort of fauna and flora live in the sinkholes?

.......................more chat!

• dont confuse me this tinme• i dont get why you have that 400 on the debit

side• i always get confused between debtors and

creditors, who do we pay, and who pays us??

You can’t ask questions of a

textbook!

Cash Journals

Accounting Class

The Tools

File sending and polling

Gifted Students

Year 8 learn from a Virtual Year 11 student

It’s weird knowing that students and teachers in three different countries plus my own peers were listening to what I had to say. As I was talking, students would write questions in the chat and I would try to answer them.Georgia, Year 10I was a bit nervous but once I started talking I was alright. It’s a weird feeling knowing that students and teachers in three different countries plus my own peers were listening to what I had to say. As I was talking students would write questions in the chat and I would try to answer them if I could.Rachael, Year 10

Ability to teach anywhere and any time – 24/7

Moderator access?

• username and registration with DEECD Virtual Conferencing Centre

• 1-2 hours web conference coaching

• internet access

• headset (w microphone preferably)

• laptop, desktop or mobile device

• latest java download

Pre-service teacher continues to teach from China!

What can you do with

Text chat

Thursday lunchtimes

I enjoy doing linkups like this one as it is a easy way to learn about other cultures. They say there is no better way to learn than to learn from your peers. Using a virtual classroom and talking to students in other countries is more interesting and more valuable than any textbook!

Georgia Year 10

International Peace Day with a Special School

Learning Scratch with Lana from Boston

Sprites for World Friends project on World Museum site

Useful twitter handles

@see_share_shape@chetty@polycomalert#edvc – educational videoconferencing#videocollaboration#polycom#realpresence@MsftLync@skypeclassroom

Mystery Skype

• [10:56:31 AM] Living Maths: Daivd and Anne,... have you considered using a google doc.,.. let the kids read and ask questions and you type all your responses - it will be nice to keep the "evidence“

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M31ubTjERmWsD6Odn9HtAPZhYSMo0TmhLlyxw8UVnos/edit

• [11:01:28 AM] Living Maths: map in ... now its too easy ;)• [11:03:38 AM] Living Maths: Chicago = coghaci• [10:57:07 AM] David Karnoscak: See you then. Just knock on my door

when you are ready.• [10:58:18 AM] Living Maths: A true and you can load maps in it and you

can insert QR codes too• [10:59:18 AM] Living Maths: and you can make an anagram from the

letters in your state's name and let them unjumble the,m• Or for 10 grade cnelstnriaiogssuiottahicaldoeieimfca• [11:17:49 AM] David Karnoscak: wow..I don't think even grad students

could figure it out.

Students….

Could only ask questions that could be responded to by ‘yes’ or ‘no’ eg

•are you on earth?•Are you in the northern hemisphere? Yes•are you in france•Are you on a island near Australia

Do you teach or have any knowledge of the native wars between the americans, seminoles, iroquois, cherokee etc, in the times of george washington?

Parent Information evening with year 1 class from Zambia

Virtual teacher from Japan

Getting help from Boston, USA

Request from Reinhard Marx, Germany

Could you send me a picture of a typical lunchbox?

Led to teaching year 7 Science students in Germany

Shared Australian and German food days- Canteen managers from Australia/Germanyconnect with skype and share via interpretor.

Sharing samples of our typical canteen food

German students decorate their canteen with Australiana

Two cultures, two languages share with each other over skype

Skype in the classroom https://education.skype.com/

• a free global community

• enables teachers to collaborate on classroom projects

• share skills and inspiration around specific teaching needs.

•• voice and audio,

• video

• web conferencing

• instant messaging

Integrated Suite!

Available on:

Mobile deviceBrowser

Computer

Online debating

Ghangout for International Peace Day

Google Hangouts

A free tool, video calls with 10 others, chat, apps, records to youtube etc

Learning from and with German students and global educators in ghangout

Challenges

• Bandwidth• Finding connections• Accessing technology• Maintaining the connections• Time zones/holidays/school curriculum

Impact – some thoughts!

• Increased engagement• Reduced racism• Empathy• No barriers to learning• Understanding of cultures• Greater awareness of own culture• Netiquette, digital citizenship• 21st Century Digital and Communication Skills• Increased confidence• Awareness beyond the textbook• Variety of communication skills etc